@misc{miller1975cooq, author={F L {Miller} and R H {Russell} and A {Gunn}}, title={{Caribou observations on Queen Elizabeth Islands (Tab. 1 + 2)}}, year={1975}, doi={10.1594/PANGAEA.743321}, url={https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.743321}, note={Supplement to: Miller, FL et al. (1975): The recent decline of peary caribou on western Queen Elizabeth Islands of Arctic Canada. Polarforschung, 45(1), 17-21, hdl:10013/epic.29418.d001}, abstract={The numbers and distributions of Peary caribou (Rangiier tarandus pearyi) on western Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories were determined by aerial surveys based on a standard census strip method. Surveys were flown in March-April and July-August periods in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Comparison of the 1973 and 1974 survevs with those results of a comparable survey in 1961 showed an overall decline of 89{\%} in numbers of caribou between 1961 and 1974. Percentage reduction of caribou numbers from 1961 to 1874 followed a west-cast gradient on the three major islands: Prince Patrick 72{\%}, Melville 87{\%} , and Bathurst 92{\%}. The marked decrease in numbers of caribou is attributed to a combination of high winter mortality in some years and an overall low rate of births and recruitment from 1961 to 1974.}, type={data set}, publisher={PANGAEA} }